The Final Report of the International Meeting "HEEFA to SDG4: Building on Achievements" organised by the IAU, in partnership with the Jaume Bofill Foundation, has been released. The meeting took place in Barcelona, Spain from 7 to 9 October 2015 and brought together representatives from higher education institutions and organisations in 26 countries as well as UNESCO. Building on the success of the IAU HEEFA (Higher Education for Higher Education for All) project, the international meeting provided an opportunity for the higher education community to discuss the place and role of higher education in the Education 2030 Framework For Action that supports the Sustainable Development Goal No. 4 on Education. More...
The partners of the ICT4IAL Project, namely:
are proud and happy to announce the release of Guidelines for Accessible Information. The Guidelines are available free of charge as an open educational resource and are dowloadable in 23 languages. More...
On 4 December, IAU represented its Members and took part in a COP21 panel debate on “Climate change as part of the curriculum from kindergarten to university”, organized by the The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). Dr Hilligje van 't Land, IAU Director, Membership and Programme Development, spoke on the role of Climate Change education for ESD and presented examples of curriculum innovation from around the world. The conference session provided space for debate with civil society on a variety of formal and non-formal education, teaching and research initiatives aiming at informing and empowering people to better understand the urgent global challenges the planet is facing today. More...
The IAU is glad to acknowledge UNESCO's support to the IAU WHED Portal by the addition of UNESCO's logo on the Portal; UNESCO's help in data collection as from next year; and a grant to launch the collaboration.
The partnership agreement is signed for a period of 4 years, starting in August 2015. It was officially launched at IAU International Conference held in Siena, Italy in October 2015. More...
The latest edition of Higher Education Policy (HEP) has just been released and and is a special edition entitled Higher Education Research in East Asia.
Contents
--Higher Education Research in East Asia: Regional and National Evolution and Path-Dependencies (Introduction) - Hugo Horta, Jisun Jung and Akiyoshi Yonezawa;
--The Contribution of East Asian Countries to Internationally Published Asian Higher Education Research: The Role of System Development and Internationalization - Jisun Jung and Hugo Horta;
--Boundary Objects and Boundary Brokering to Make the Research-Policy-Practice Nexus Possible: The Case of the Chinese Higher Education Field - Shuangye Chen;
--Higher Education Research Community in Taiwan: An Emerging Field - Sheng-Ju Chan and Ying Chan;
--Connecting Higher Education Research in Japan with the International Academic Community - Akiyoshi Yonezawa;
--Higher Education Research as a Field of Study in South Korea: Inward but Starting to Look Outward - Jisun Jung;
--Trends and Developments of Higher Education Research in Hong Kong: In Pursuit of a Cosmopolitan Vision - William Yat Wai Lo and Felix Sai Kit Ng.
Other article
The Role of Research in Teaching: A Comparison of Teachers from Research Universities and those from Universities of Applied Sciences - Yanjuan Hu, Roeland van der Rijst, Klaas van Veen and Nico Verloop. More...
The International Association of Universities, whose Secretariat is based in Paris, France, deeply shocked by the attacks in Paris, presents its condolences to the people of France and the families of the persons who were killed in these attacks. Our thoughts are also with all those injured and the persons who were present or near-by. More...
Procurement Efficiency Measurement Model (EMM) data forms an important part of the evidence of efficiencies in the higher education sector. The information was used by Universities UK as part of its review into efficiency, effectiveness and value for money published in February 2015, and will be used again in 2016 to evidence any further efficiencies delivered by the sector. More...
This report investigates different aspects of independence in order to test for an age at which young adults might be treated as independent from their parents to determine potential eligibility for postgraduate funding. More...
This monitoring framework will be operated by HEFCE and is intended to satisfy Government that ‘relevant higher education bodies’ are fulfilling their duty to have due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism (the Prevent duty). More...
UKPISG has noted the potential for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ development of the Teaching Excellence Framework to have implications for or overlap with UKPISG’s work to review and refine UKPI measures. UKPISG will continue to consider the interaction between UKPISG’s review of the UKPIs and the possible use of UKPIs or similar metrics in the development of the Teaching Excellence Framework. Representation from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on UKPISG and UKPITG, at strategic and officer level respectively, will facilitate engagement and aid effective management of any overlaps. More...
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